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Games Like Zero-Sum Heart

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Visual Novel, Female Protagonist, Story Rich, Choices Matter.

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"I" make a deal with the witch to give up my heart, in exchange for love— from everyone. Is it worth it if losing my heart means gaining *his*? ————————————————————————— In this short visual novel, make choices and answer the question: is love a zero-sum game?

Reviews: Very Positive — 95% — of 226 reviews
Released: 2024-10-31
Developer: Citreat Studio
Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    97% matchVery Positive92% of 4,072 reviews2020
    Dev: YETU GAMEPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    《My Vow to My Liege》is a visual novel dating game. Players get to play as a girl disguised as the King of Ng, a man. The 4 dateable characters are: the guide, the enemy, the minister and the guard.Will they choose the man over the country? Love over hate? Who will they finally end up with?

    Why similar: Romance 34.9%, Female Protagonist 29.7%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Choices Matter 7.1%, LGBTQ+ 5.1%

  2. #2 Lost Connections
    96% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2023
    Dev: Amber Pearl
    Windows

    If she leaves now you will never see her again. Would you have enough courage to take a step, or would you stay quiet and regret it? Experience this story about love and loss.

    Why similar: Emotional 14%, LGBTQ+ 11.7%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.8%

  3. #3 a new life.
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,375 reviews2020
    Dev: Angela He
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 1.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.9%, Romance 19.4%, Emotional 16.4%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Female Protagonist 10.4%

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    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,847 reviews2025
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Love Curse is a GL visual novel. You’ve fallen under a curse, and the only way to break it is to find your soulmate! The clock is ticking… Will you find true love? And what secrets will you uncover along the way?

    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Female Protagonist 19.9%, Romance 11.7%, Visual Novel 11.6%, Choices Matter 7.9%

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    Dev: Rolling Crown
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    Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?

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  6. #6 Melancholy Love
    94% matchVery Positive94% of 71 reviews2021
    Dev: White Dew GamesPub: Kikai Digital
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Romance 13.1%, LGBTQ+ 12.1%, Emotional 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Multiple Endings 9.4%

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    93% matchVery Positive96% of 104 reviews2020
    Dev: Aikasa Collective
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    92% matchVery Positive92% of 325 reviews2021
    Dev: Starfield Gaming
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%

    Can you collect all the fragments to reach your happy ending? Or will your attempts only end in tragedy? Find out in this psychological otome game as you sort your way through the secrets & lies.

    Why similar: Romance 21.9%, Visual Novel 16.3%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, LGBTQ+ 12.8%, Choices Matter 12.7%

  9. #9 Glass Heart
    91% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2023
    Dev: Eternal Love Studios, LLC.
    Windows

    A 20% chance is all you have to survive the surgery. Will love give you the strength to continue this life or will you be singing with the angels? The choice is yours.

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    90% matchVery Positive92% of 35,756 reviews2021
    Dev: Akaba Studio
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    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    "What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.

    Why similar: Romance 30.1%, Choices Matter 17.2%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Visual Novel 12.1%, Story Rich 10.5%

  11. #11 Road to Empress I
    89% matchVery Positive87% of 11,428 reviews2025
    Dev: New One Studio
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.

    Why similar: Choices Matter 19.3%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Story Rich 9.8%

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    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 9,533 reviews2021
    Dev: NomnomNami
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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  13. #13 Demonheart
    91% matchVery Positive91% of 752 reviews2017
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    88% matchVery Positive91% of 127 reviews2025
    Dev: Rolling Crown
    Windows · Mac

    You are a girl with a demonic heart, trapped with a group of suspicious individuals. A demonspawn arrives, setting off a chain of mysterious murders. Can you trust any of your fellow captives and find love in the chaos? Or will you fight for your life alone?

    Why similar: Female Protagonist 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.6%, Story Rich 11.4%

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    85% matchVery Positive93% of 19,673 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%

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    86% matchVery Positive95% of 148 reviews2024
    Dev: rosesrotPub: angelrot games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Dev: RainbowGame
    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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    84% matchVery Positive92% of 73 reviews2020
    Dev: T.F. Wright
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    82% matchVery Positive93% of 103 reviews2022
    Dev: Rascal Devworks
    Windows

    Embrace the monster within to free yourself from a curse in this dark fantasy visual novel, a standalone introduction to the characters and setting of Sigh of the Abyss.

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  23. #23 Sugar,sugar,sugarcoat
    80% matchVery Positive97% of 161 reviews2024
    Dev: pankuzufactory
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  24. #24 RGB GlitchGazer
    79% matchVery Positive99% of 93 reviews2026
    Dev: 群星闪耀时Pub: 群星闪耀时
    Windows

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    79% matchVery Positive96% of 178 reviews2024
    Dev: Rascal Devworks
    Windows

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  26. #26 Summer’s Heartbeat
    78% matchVery Positive96% of 218 reviews2026
    Dev: Storytaco
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Romance 21.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.8%, Interactive Fiction 11%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Female Protagonist 7.1%

  27. #27 Border of her Heart
    82% matchMixed67% of 73 reviews2018
    Dev: Tuomo LainePub: Tuomo's games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%

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    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Romance 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Multiple Endings 12%

  28. #28 Charming Hearts
    78% matchVery Positive88% of 572 reviews2024
    Dev: 坤舆科技
    Windows

    "Charming Hearts" is a real-life interactive dating game. Players will meet, get to know, and fall in love with different types of beauty. Every choice will lead to a completely different chemical reaction with "her"; every entanglement, the sweet love is entangled and pulled.

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  29. #29 Spirited Heart Deluxe
    84% matchMixed44% of 88 reviews2014
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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  30. #30 Reviver
    77% matchVery Positive92% of 217 reviews2025
    Dev: Cotton Game
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    Why similar: Emotional 18.8%, Female Protagonist 18%, Romance 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 10.1%

  31. #31 Asphyxia
    81% matchMostly Positive77% of 273 reviews2015
    Dev: ebi-hime
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    A gloomy lesbian / yuri visual novel featuring characters based on famous Romantic poets such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. Can you help Samantha Coleridge repair her fractured relationship with Lillian Wordsworth?

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  32. #32 Ren'ai 0 Kilometer
    75% matchVery Positive96% of 74 reviews2026
    Dev: kawaiinium
    Windows

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    76% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2025
    Dev: Snowhaven Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  34. #34 Black Lily's Tale
    76% matchVery Positive87% of 478 reviews2023
    Dev: 1000-REKA
    Windows

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  35. #35 her tears were my light
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 796 reviews2022
    Dev: NomnomNami
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  36. #36 Deadly Heart Gambit
    74% matchVery Positive93% of 129 reviews2025
    Dev: Blink Hydrate ブリンク
    Windows

    You only have 3 months left to live. Gamble for extra time in Alice-sama’s life-or-death game. Be careful — she wants to steal your heart. 🔪🔪🔪💜

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    77% matchVery Positive84% of 292 reviews2020
    Dev: Rolling Crown
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Embrace or resist the demonic influence around you. Romance your companions in this RPG with an emphasis on conversation choices and character interactions.

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    73% matchVery Positive89% of 771 reviews2024
    Dev: LOVE MOOD STUDIO LIMITED
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    72% matchVery Positive94% of 82 reviews2025
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    A light admonishment from Mom sparks the realization that these twin sisters care for each other in more than a familial sense. In this dramatic & romantic yuri Visual Novel, it's up to you to navigate the forbidden tension between the sisters so their love can flourish without growing one-sided.

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    72% matchVery Positive95% of 385 reviews2022
    Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
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    74% matchVery Positive84% of 236 reviews2021
    Dev: Crystal Game Works
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    73% matchVery Positive89% of 99 reviews2023
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    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 925 reviews2021
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    70% matchVery Positive93% of 4,340 reviews2022
    Dev: 红渊Pub: NVLMaker
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    73% matchVery Positive84% of 162 reviews2019
    Dev: Crystal Game Works
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    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,654 reviews2025
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    69% matchVery Positive90% of 69 reviews2025
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    71% matchVery Positive84% of 148 reviews2021
    Dev: SKY HOUR WORKSPub: Anarch Entertainment
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    70% matchVery Positive89% of 95 reviews2022
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  50. #50 Arcadia Fallen
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 508 reviews2021
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    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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  51. #51 Ceress and Orea
    71% matchVery Positive88% of 131 reviews2018
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    Ceress is sentenced to death for being in love with the oracle Orea. But stubborn as she is, she calls out to an old deity, demanding a chance to change this unrighteousness. - Can Ceress overcome death to be reunited with the woman she loves?

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    67% matchVery Positive96% of 89 reviews2024
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    67% matchVery Positive98% of 264 reviews2023
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    70% matchVery Positive83% of 224 reviews2019
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    65% matchVery Positive96% of 107 reviews2025
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  57. #57 missed messages.
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,420 reviews2019
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    Why similar: LGBTQ+ 17.5%, Romance 16.9%, Emotional 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%

  58. #58 Under Maintenance
    67% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2023
    Dev: Hearty Soup Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An everyday dramedy otome game that asks the tough question: When a game about love goes down for maintenance, can the game of love begin?

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.6%, Romance 16%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Drama 13.8%, Female Protagonist 10.3%

  59. #59 天呐!找不到真爱就扑街!
    66% matchVery Positive80% of 455 reviews2024
    Dev: 國王互娛King Interactive
    Windows

    First-person perspective through role-playing When getting along with the "Destined Heroine", they constantly make choices to deepen mutual understanding, and strive to exchange sincerity for true love. These choices determine the final emotional outcome. In the end, who will Huang Di's true love be

    Why similar: Romance 21.1%, Emotional 19.6%, Drama 17.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.7%, Multiple Endings 10.5%

  60. #60 Criminally Yours
    65% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2025
    Dev: Meant to Bee Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A superhero-themed yandere romance visual novel. He's your coworker, your crush, and the villain you need to stop? Make choices to be with your supervillian ex, or move on to a new hot superhero.

    Why similar: Romance 20.8%, Visual Novel 14.7%, Female Protagonist 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Multiple Endings 12.3%

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